Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-02

SHERIDAN AND CLEVELAND.
The. President Acted Man
fully In Correcting his
Error.

AfHsEATFGNaS FFEa#I 4,
Error.
Capture Of q MiioheIl Horse Thief.
Dakota Crop Reporis---Tke
University 81 Dakota.
Sheridan About Cleveland.
Washington, July l-Sincs the con,
,tederate dag incident. IT, is . signif-
cant fact that the secretary Of Wal and
the president have had daily interviews
with Gen. Sheridan in reference &c
army affairs. Prior to that the lieuten-
ant-general was rarely called into the
executive council, mattesB relating to
the army being disposed Of through the
Agenoy.of Adit..Ge Ter Drum. Since Gen
Sheridan return from Hartford he has
been daily sent for by the secretary OF
the president, and the presumption is
that hereafter he viii be consulted be-
fore any important action ia decided up
on in connection with the administers
OF the army. III this conrse be followed
there will be no more blunders like that
OF the proposed return OF the confeder-
ate flags. In the course of q brief conyer-
sation today with the lieutenant general
1 referred to the confederate flag BUSH
meas, but he declined 10 discuss IL.
ut Was an unfortunate affair, said he,
"and y hat should not have been
presented to the president, or, if pres
antsd, it should have beenfnlly laid be-
fore him in all it's bearings. He acted
manfnlly and oo~urageously when he
discovered hiB error, and I am glad he
promptly cancelled his approval OF the
order to return the Aags. You might
away ansold crowbait horse without give
being called to ACCOUNT but when it
comes to Hurrendering q symbol for
which Oyer o million men fought and
nearly half q million men died it is a
vastly different matter. However. there
is noSoontrosersy over the subject and
I don't wantsto talk upon q matter that
has been wisely settled by the president.
/ FULLY agree with him that captured
flags can be given away Only by an aot
Of congress and my individual opinion
Is that such acts OF congress- should be
very few
Dakota Drift.
Mitchell, July when the sheriff re-.
turned to-day with the horse thief cap.
tured at Elk Point the community was
snrpriaed 70 iad it was the son, Of Char
les Stocking. q respected resident of the
city, who was shocked when he learned
the facts. The son had telegraphed him
from Elk Point but the dispatch did
not arriya until after the train: had
brought In the ~oulprit, and the first the
father knew Of it was when he saw his
son brought up the street with hand
cuffs i. II is thought some older head
gothic young man into this scrape.
Ordway, July 1.-The June crop re.
ports OF the territorial ssatistician are less
favorable than that for May. Hot
winds have injured the crops lin places,
Fourteen counties report the average
cut down TO 66 per cent. There has
been much damage along the Missouri
and Bed rivers. Plenty OK rain In the
James river valley. The acreage Of
cosn is one-third greater than last year
condition 100 per cent. Tie average
condition Of spring wheat will be 6 per
cent. The wheat harvest begins about
July 81.
Vermiliion, July THE board OF
trustees oi-the university Of Dakota, in
session here to-day, elected Dr. Edward
Olsen, Of the university OF Chicago,
president. I. is understood that be will
accept. DR.. Olsen has q national repu.
tations and ranks as one OF the leading
educAtors Of the United States. The
people here tesl iubilant over the selec-
tion, and believe that il the board makes
equally good selections for the oths,
members Of the faculty, that this uni
veraity will take its proper place with
the state universities Of che northwest.
Jehn Sherman In New York.
New York, July ~1--senator John
Sherman is in the aity for the purpose
Of attending . meeting OF the board oil
directors Of the Fort Wayne road.
Several interviews with him ARE publish.
ed. Among other things no says he
does NOT know whether Che presidents
battiesfsg order Will hurt him or not,
but thinks he will be nominated, and
adds: "Goy. Hill is not known. He is
known i 4 New York politician, Of
course, but mesn a. s. candidate for
the presidency.n OF the criticisms d
the alleged Inconsistencies OF his Nash.
yillc, Tenn. J. and Springfield, ILL.,, speech.
ea e esq HThhsrs are no inoonaissen-
ciess in ahe two speeches. I simply took
adiferent subject and different liney Of
thought,n
A.Harmless Bomb.
Chicago. July LA sensation was
cansed this afternoon by theinformation
that a.dynamite bomb, with fuse burn
ed to within 9 quarter Of an inch Of the